وضيع

Arabic

Root
و ض ع (w-ḍ-ʕ)

Etymology

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb وَضُعَ (waḍuʕa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wa.dˤiːʕ/
  • Rhymes: -iːʕ

Adjective

وَضِيع • (waḍīʕ) (feminine وَضِيعَة (waḍīʕa), masculine plural وُضَعَاء (wuḍaʕāʔ), elative أَوْضَع (ʔawḍaʕ))

  1. low, vile, contemptible
    Synonyms: حَقِير (ḥaqīr), خَسِيس (ḵasīs), نَذْل (naḏl), لَئِيم (laʔīm), دَنِيء (danīʔ)
  2. unrespected
    Antonym: شَرِيف (šarīf)

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: vəzi
  • Ottoman Turkish: وضیع (vazî')
  • Persian: وضیع
  • Urdu: وضیع (oze')
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